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Volatile Landscape

After six years of working on the "Echoes of the Lines" series of paintings, I have noticed a greater distance between the paintings and the original drawings they were based on, compared with other projects, such as "Landscape of the Day" and "Corrections." The painting's active look made me consider a 'passive picture' in which the drawn image is more perceptible, and eventually led me to the "Volatile Landscape" project, in which I created a work that speaks to the drawing's presence, which harmonizes with the print images and the color background.

I use the acrylic medium transfer method to create mirror images on a wood board. I achieve this by combining the original drawing with photos I take using Photoshop. The next step is to enhance the drawing's black lines in white and the background in color, which refers to the original drawing's color annotation. I conceive the mirror image as if I were looking at myself since it is my memory's reflection.

     © 2026 Toru Hayashi

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